Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton

Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton

Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, KG DL (b. April 3, 1919 Cape Town) is the son of Charles FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton, and his first wife Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton, second daughter of Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton.

On 12 October 1946, he married Ann Fortune Smith, (the current Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth II).
* They have five children:
** James Oliver Charles Fitzroy, Earl of Euston (born 13 December 1947), married Lady Clare Amabel Margaret Kerr, daughter of the 12th Marquess of Lothian and has issue.
** Lady Henrietta Fortune Doreen FitzRoy (born 14 September 1949), married Edward St. George (deceased) and had issue.
** Lady Virginia Mary Elizabeth FitzRoy (born 10 April 1954), married (and divorced) Lord Ralph Kerr, son of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian; remarried, but has no issue.
** Lord Charles Patrick Hugh FitzRoy (born 7 January 1957), married Diana Miller-Stirling, and has issue.
** Lady (Olivia) Rose Mildred FitzRoy (born 1 August 1963), married Guy Monson, and has issue

The Duke and Duchess's home is at Euston Hall near Thetford, in Norfolk.

The Duke was made a Knight of the Garter in 1976.


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